tên hiệu

Vietnamese

Etymology

tên (“name”) +‎ hiệu (“symbol”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ten˧˧ hiəw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ten˧˧ hiw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təːn˧˧ hiw˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cái) tên hiệu

  1. art name (pseudonym adopted by an artist)
  2. (historical) nickname (familiar, invented given name)

Usage notes

  • The sense "nickname" is mostly used for people (most often scholars) from pre-modern Vietnam.

Synonyms

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